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Warwickshire County Council Weddington ward councillor Keith Kondakor has unearthed statistics that have shown how current primary schools in the north and east of town are always full-to-bursting and spaces are soon snapped up.

In fact, at the start of the latest academic year, all 90 places at Whitestone Infant School, had been taken, and Weddington Primary School was all but full in all of its classrooms.

Much needed new school places will be provided in Nuneaton soon.

“We have no primary school places left in in north and east of Nuneaton. exactly the area they are building new homes,” Cllr Kondakor said.

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“People moving into the area will end up being offered a primary school pace many miles from their new home. I have been pushing for the new school to be opened by September 2019, but this will not help all of the new developments in St Nicolas Park and off the Long Shoot .”

But a spokesperson for Shire Hall said that there are plans for more schools in the area, contained with the controversial Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Plan, which is currently being looked at by a government inspector.

A spokesperson for Warwickshire County Council said: "The likely opening date for the Lower Farm Site in Nuneaton is September 2019; this is subject to the relevant planning application approvals. There are also new primary school sites proposed as part of the development in the north of the town as laid out in the Local Plan.”